– NPR News On The Hour – March 19, 2003 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day in 2003 had much to do with the impending invasion of Iraq and the last minute attempts at staving off the inevitable. Even though a number of UN Members of the
– Operation Alert 1959 – Conelrad Emergency Broadcast – Gordon Skene Sound Collection If the Cold War period wasn’t frightening enough for the average person, with daily news reports of tensions and takeovers and thinly-veiled threats, there was the extra added bonus of having to deal with the almost constant
News on this March 14th in 1948 came by way of commentary on the Marshall Plan for reconstruction of Europe. Branded by some as an unwarranted blank check to the former European allies with no obligation to pay back, while looked on by others as competition with the Soviet Union
Check us out for 7 days free: Become a Patron! – Pres. Roosevelt, vice-President Wallace, Sec. of Agriculture Claude Wickard – Farm Day 1941 – March 8, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection March 8, 1941 marked the 2nd annual National Farm Day. To commemorate the event, President Roosevelt,vice-President Henry
Join the club: Become a Patron! Cologne, fourth largest city of Germany, fell today to troops of the American 1st Army, while, to the south, armor of the 3d Army, breaking out from the Bitburg bridgehead over the Kyll River, swept more than 25 miles through the hills and forests
Become a Patron! – NBC Radio – News Of The World – February 27, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this February day in 1945 was full of optimism and momentum. The Western front was now pushing East toward the Rhine River with good reports coming in
Subscribing works wonders: Become a Patron! – Today With Mrs. Roosevelt – Feb. 26, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1950, just prior to the outbreak of the Korean War and during the steady boil of the Cold War, the horserace for Hearts and Minds took us to
Consider: Become a Patron! – February 19, 1940 – NBC Blue Network – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 19, 1940 – Europe at War: A busy day in the North Atlantic with British attacks on German ships countering German attacks on British ships. From
Works wonders: Become a Patron! – News for February 14, 1975 – News for this Valentine’s Day in 1975 was anything but heart-warming. It was all about the Recession. It was about unemployment and it was about bleak economic figures. And those figures were just not getting any better. And
If you like us, become a subscriber: Become a Patron! – Blue Network News Of The World – February 9, 1941 – During the early uncertain and chaotic days of World War 2 in Europe, the flood of news reports, claims and counter-claims filled the airwaves with alternately hopeful and
